Protection

On Saturday, Eli and Nathaniel were raking leaves.  Ronnie had made a quick trip with Dad to the church to prepare for Sunday morning.  I think Maddie was "helping" her brothers rake and I was getting dinner ready.  All the sudden Eli came running inside.  "Nathaniel got hurt!".  Right behind him was Nathaniel saying, "I passed out" and then the tears were just flowing as he had a hand up over one eye.  After getting him calmed down enough I realized he had gotten a direct shot in the eye with Eli's rake handle.

He couldn't get it open for me and couldn't calm down either.  So I opted to get him calm first. He was in some serious pain.  To make a long story short - we took him to the ER after over an hour of unbearable pain.  He could read fine, but was not able to handle the pain.

The ER doctor said he could see the spot where the rake handle hit directly on his eye and there were other scratches too.  Apparently something else had been in there, but probably was rinsed out with his tears.  He prescribed an antibiotic cream for his eye and a pain med.  He also advised seeing his eye doctor for follow up.

When I called yesterday to the eye doctor they wanted to see him immediately to make sure everything was OK.  Apparently it could have been sooooo much worse.  He really is blessed to not have a serious and lasting injury.

He is still swollen today and will return in another week to check his vision again - he may have some issues there, but we are so thankful that the Lord was watching out for him.  Thankful for His protection on our children!